A coalition of upstate New York theaters says it has reached an agreement with 10 of 17 casino applicants regarding competition for entertainment.

The group Upstate Theaters for a Fair Game, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the 10 casino applicants have agreed to provide non-casino venues access to touring performers as well as some financial support.

Upstate Theaters for a Fair Game was formed last fall to seek protections against casinos that the group viewed as powerful enough to lock up exclusivity rights with concert and theater promoters and artists, effectively freezing out smaller venues. The coalition includes, among other venues, the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston and the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie (which are co-owned) and the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Sullivan County.

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“While we were not able to reach agreement with a number (of casino applicants), the agreements we have reached are significant because they declare clearly the size and scope of casino entertainment plans, they have joint booking agreements that will guarantee access for the casinos and for Fair Game groups to touring performers, they support the Fair Game Fund for those same facilities and establish arts granting programs for smaller organizations in every region,” said Philip Morris, the CEO of Proctor’s in Schenectady and the chairman of Fair Game. “Finally, should the plans the casinos propose be significantly changed, each applicant has agreed to mitigate those impacts with additional support.”

Among the 10 casino applicants who have agreed to the deal are Nevele Investors LLC, which wants to build a casino in the Ulster County town of Wawarsing, and Empire Resorts Inc., which is proposing a casino for the former site of the Concord hotel in Sullivan County.

A state siting board this fall will award a total of four casino licenses for non-Indian land in three-regions of the state: the Hudson Valley-Catskills, the Albany-Saratoga area and the Southern Tier. Each region will get at least one license; many observers expect the extra one will go to the Hudson Valley-Catskills region, which comprises Ulster, Sullivan and Orange counties.

There are nine applications for casinos in the Hudson Valley-Catskills region: six in Orange County, two in Sullivan County and one in Ulster County.